Baby Coach
Don’t let the acoustics in McDonough Gymnasium fool you. The bouncing balls and squeaking sneakers are the sources of incessant echoing from Midnight Madness to March, but if you listen closely, there is a different sort of echo that is just as persistent in this bastion of ballers.
Also in this issue:
Big East players to watch
Top players in the Big East conference who aren’t Hoyas.
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Eyes on the Prize
The seniors of the Georgetown women’s basketball team look to leave their mark in the Big East.
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Big East games to watch
The most exciting match-ups in the upcoming season.
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Title Defense
A long-awaited return to the Final Four, the first 30-win season since 1985, and the first Big East Tournament Championship since 1989. If last year was any indication, John Thompson III’s Georgetown basketball reclamation project has been a success, but you wouldn’t know it by talking to the current Hoya coaches or players. Last year is right where it should be: in the past.
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Hear Them Roar
The georgetown women’s basketball team is ready to make changes after last year’s disappointing season. Ranked last in the Big East by the coaches’ preseason poll, the Hoyas know that the only way to go is up.
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This is why we’re hot
The following songs’ heavy baselines and lyrics are guaranteed to get you pumped-up while drinking at 10 a.m. before the game (as if you needed any help). They will also keep you going as you rush to the Verizon Center two hours early hoping to sit in the lower student section. Bump these tracks while you read the Voice’s basketball issue so you’ll know the words by game time this Saturday.
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Jack is in the house
“Jack’s already been walked [today], so he might not be that cooperative,” Walid Khalifeh (SFS ‘08), told me when we picked up Georgetown’s mascot from the lobby of the Jesuit residence. “As you might know, bulldogs are not the most energetic of dogs.”
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